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Nikephoros Tzampeas, imperial (?) protospatharios (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of the Archangel Michael holding the trefoil sceptre. No sigla visible. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

ΚΕ,.
Ν̣ΙΚΙΟ̣
.Α.ΠΑΘ
Τ̣ΟΜ
ΠΕ

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)[θ(ει)] Νικιφό[ρ(ῳ) β(ασιλικῷ)] (πρωτο)[σ]παθ(αρίῳ) το Τζαμπέᾳ

Obverse

Bust of the Archangel Michael holding the trefoil sceptre. No sigla visible. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

ΚΕ,.
Ν̣ΙΚΙΟ̣
.Α.ΠΑΘ
Τ̣ΟΜ
ΠΕ

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)[θ(ει)] Νικιφό[ρ(ῳ) β(ασιλικῷ)] (πρωτο)[σ]παθ(αρίῳ) το Τζαμπέᾳ

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.1980
Diameter 22.0 mm
Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει Νικιφόρῳ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ το Τζαμπέᾳ.

Lord, help Nikephoros Tzampeas, imperial protospatharios.

Commentary

There would appear to be room for a single letter at the beginning of the third line of the reverse which we tentatively propose as the standard abbreviation for "imperial."